Southern New Jersey Tea
Ceanothus intermedius
Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?
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- Light
- Up to 6 hours of direct sun
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 8 Alabama counties.
Who uses this plant?
37CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL
Genus host records with ranges including AL · Ceanothus
- Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
- Ancylis semiovanaHalf-Oval Ancylis
- Apodrepanulatrix liberariaBarrens Carpet
- Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
- Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
- Callophrys augustinusThe Brown Elfin
- Calycopis cecropsRed-Banded Hairstreak, Cecrops Hairstreak
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
- Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
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- Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
- Erastria colorariaBroad-Lined Erastria
- Erastria cruentariaThin-Lined Erastria
- Euchlaena marginariaOchre Euchlaena
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
- Gesta martialisMottled Duskywing
- Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
- Harrisimemna trisignataHarris's Three-Spot
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hypena bijugalisDimorphic Bomolocha, Dimorphic Snout
- Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
- Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
- Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
- Nemoria rubrifrontariaRed-Fronted Emerald
- Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
- Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
- Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
- Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
- Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
- Redectis vitreaWhite-Spotted Redactis
- Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
- Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
- Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
- Zale minereaColorful Zale
- Lithacodes fiskeanus
- Periploca ceanothiella
46BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Ceanothus
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
1Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Ceanothus
- Protandrena pauper
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Ceanothus
- Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak
- Zonotrichia leucophrysWhite-crowned Sparrow
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Alabama rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| AL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Alabama Plant Atlas
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications